'Turning the migrant crisis into a marketplace'
147 years of fighting for the interests of teachers and pupils alike
As the NUT merges into the new National Education Union, Phil Katz looks back at a century and a half of campaigning
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Building opposition into a political campaign
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DELEGATES gathering for the last conference of the National Union of Teachers will have a number of chances to celebrate the extraordinary history of a union that has been centre stage in public life for all of 147 years.
They will receive a copy of a popular pictorial history entitled Pride, Passion, Professionalism: The NUT and the Struggle for Education 1870-2017.
Though written by author and activist Martin Cloake, this history draws on a collaboration between colleagues with a variety of skills. But then how could a history of the main teachers’ union not be based on working together?
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